Seattle City Light is seeking three commercial office buildings to participate in a three-year pilot program to test an energy conservation concept known as “Pay-for-Performance.” Under this pilot, City Light will provide financial incentives through ongoing payments for incremental energy savings, rather than on a one-time basis as is done through its traditional energy conservation programs. Energy savings achieved will qualify for incentives at three cents per kilowatt-hour over the duration of the pilot program.
To be eligible for participation in this pilot, the subject buildings must meet the following criteria*:
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The building has at least 50,000 square feet of conditioned floor area.
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All participating buildings must be benchmarked with Portfolio Manager and in compliance with the City of Seattle’s Energy Benchmarking and Reporting program. See www.seattle.gov/environment/benchmarking.htm for more information.
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Of the conditioned floor area, a minimum of 85 percent is used as office space.
*These three points are a subset of the RFP’s Section 2. Participant and Building Eligibility
City Light invites competitive proposals for the pilot program and has released a Request for Proposals (RFP). The RFP is due on January 15, 2013. The RFP is available on via the City of Seattle’s Procurement-related ebidexchange website, at https://www.ebidexchange.com/seattle/.